1. Gilchrist, Ponting, and The Racism Accusation at Sydney

    I guess it is not remarkable that books by players who participated in the series in Australia earlier this year discuss the events surrounding the Sydney Test Match in detail...

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  2. The Dada Distraction

    Sourav Ganguly announced this morning that he would retire from Test Cricket at the end of this Australian tour. This news comes at the worst possible time for India, and yet it has Sourav Ganguly's signature stamped all over it...

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  3. The India - Australia Contest

    When people speak of the "rivalry" between India and Australia, they are actually referring merely to the promise of a competitive contest...

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  4. Guru Greg Consults for the Aussie Cricket Side

    Australia have hired Greg Chappell as an assistant coach for their tour of India. Guru Greg is still hated in India, mainly for speaking his mind and being impatient with the rubbish that the press kept dishing out to him...

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  5. Irani Trophy 2008 Day 1

    Rest of India won the toss and batted first in the 2008 Irani Trophy match at Baroda today. They were bowled out for 252 in the post tea session. Delhi are currently 0/21 in their first innings with Akash Chopra and Gautam Gambhir opening the batting...

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  6. Irani Trophy Preview

    Delhi take on Rest of India for the Irani Trophy in Baroda on September 24. Sachin Tendulkar has withdrawn from the game on the advice of Paul Close, the physiotherapist at the National Cricket Academy...

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  7. On Bangladesh Cricket and "globalizing" the game

    Bangladesh is Test Cricket's newest exponent. It is also, unarguably, the worst of all time. As of now, they have played 53 Test matches, won 1 solitary Test match, and most importantly, lost 47 outright...

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  8. Moral Victories: Re-Thinking the Draw

    As the Nissar Trophy game moves into its third day, Delhi have more or less overcome the advantage of having a conceded a 132 run first innings deficit to the visitors SNGPL...

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  9. A beatable Australian side

    Australia have announced their Test squad for the tour of India in October-November of this year. It is almost the same squad which played against India in Australia earlier this year...

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  10. Sri Lanka Clinch Series

    Sri Lanka won the third and final test at Colombo by eight wickets to clinch the three test series against India, repeating their performance from 2001. India lost this Test Match on the first innings, despite having had the benefit of winning the toss...

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  11. Tactical use of the review

    When Mahela Jayawardene opted to have his LBW decision reviewed, it convinced me that allowing batsmen to question an umpires decision is not only unnecessary, it is also dangerous in the long run...

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  12. Referrals Revisited

    Two test matches on, we have seen about 25 referrals for catches and LBW's, the two modes of dismissal which invite reviews...

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  13. Colombo Test Preview

    The deciding Test Match of India's tour of Sri Lanka will be played at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo from August 8. The series is evenly poised and has proceeded along the lines of the previous series between these two sides in Sri Lanka...

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  14. India v. Sri Lanka: A First Test Review

    India are 8/121 in their second innings at the Sinhalese Sports Club as I write this post and are sliding toward a thumping innings defeat, much like they did the last time they played a Test match in Sri Lanka...

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  15. Sri Lanka v India, Day 4, Morning Session

    It was an absorbing session of play. This has become a bit of a cliche and is invariably used whenever there is a contest between bat and ball. But it is an appropriating adjective, and it is worth delving a bit deeper into what it might mean...

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  16. Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test, Day 3

    Sri Lanka declared their first innings closed at6/600, after which Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir came in to bat...

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  17. Sri Lanka vs. India, Day Two

    It was Sri Lanka's day at the Sinhalese Sports Club today. At 422/4 they hold the upper hand in this game. It is fast approaching a stage where only Sri Lanka can realistically push for a victory...

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  18. The Review System and Elimination of Error

    The purpose of the new review system being tested during the India v Sri Lanka series is to eliminate obvious errors. This is what the ICC tells followers of the sport...

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  19. India Contains Sri Lanka in Day One of Test Series

    The Test Series between India and Sri Lanka got off to a rain-affected beginning at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo yesterday. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat on a dry wicket, which was expected to take turn earlier than usual...

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  20. Aaj Tak's Ram Sethu

    I must digress from usual Cricketing fare to another story which is related to India and Sri Lanka - specifically to the mythological bridge between India and Sri Lanka which Lord Rama's Simian ...

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  21. Of Risks and Odds in Test Cricket

    South Africa and England went into this Test Series equally matched. England had a slight edge in the batting department, while the South African bowling line up has shown explosive form in the last eight to ten months...

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